Hey guys, it's been a long time but I am down from the great white north to chase some trout. I am driving to Michigan to see my girlfriend's family and have planned to spend extra time in MT to fish. I will be driving I-90 with a detour through the park. What I am looking for is, what waters to hit in my time range of early to mid June, have to be wade able. My girlfriend will be with me as well and it will be her first fly trip. I would almost like names of fly shops throughout Montana that have treated you well, so I can drop some hard earned Alaska coinage on them. Finally any camp grounds that have showers and bathrooms wouldn't be appreciated by my girlfriend. Thanks in advance guys, sorry for the short notice, it was a spur of the moment thing. Feel free to PM if you like.

Beating runoff is going to be a bitch this year. Lots of the great spots for June will be more blown out than usual. If you're lucky, Rock Creek will be high but fishable with golden stones hatching. Or book a day at Depuy's.

I was up on the Big Hole the other day. The river is in the trees. A flood watch in Melrose. And the tea colored water is a dark brown. I stopped by Birch Creek also. It's running about a foot higher than usual. The Beaverhead in Dillon is Muddy. Probably coming out of Grasshopper Creek or Rattlesnake creek.

Think tailwaters like the Missouri, Beaverhead or Big Horn. Or try some stillwaters like Georgetown Reservoir, Clark Canyon Reservoir, Henry's Lake or Hebgen Lake. Slough Creek in YNP may be fishable but like others have said, check with local fly shops. Try Grizzly Hackle in Missoula, or any of the shops in West Yellowstone.

+1 on the Grizzly Hackle and Kingfisher in Missoula. There is a nice RV park in St. Regis with excellent amenities if you're in that area, as well as a killer hot springs along the Clark Fork before you get to Paradise.

This will be a tough spring in Montana but Rick's hit it on the nose - think tailwaters, and that means the MO more than likely, where the fine folks at Headhunters or Cross Currents will take care of you.

Sorry to say but not the best timing this year with all of the above average snowpack in all of the major drainages.
I'm in Billings right now and drove over from Spokane last Saturday. Everything I passed along the way was blown out and chocolate milk muddy.
Fished the Bighorn Sunday and did o.k. but it's bank full and wading spots are few and far between and visibility
decreases as each muddy feeder creek dumps in.
The Yellowstone here in Billings is expected to reach flood stage tomorrow with thunderstorm
activity in the forecast.
Wish I had better news.

According to Headhunters fly shop blog the Missouri near Wolf Creek is at 10900. I floated it at the end of April when flow was at 8000 and thought wade fishing would be really tough. Headhunters in Craig was terrific.

Everything blown out bad.Don't believe any reports of marginal water.I checked out the Upper Madison last Monday....ended up fishing on Cliff Lake.Tailwaters and lakes the only option with warm weather continuing for the next 4-5 days.This could last awhile 'fraid to say.

dont beleive you cant have great fishing in MT right now, you just gotta be smart, many places are toast right now. dont dream of fishing the jellystoe this month, but a certain tailwater trib has clean waterfor 20 miles, great dry fly fishing, and easy, albeit deeper wading right now. sure, your not going to be wading the middle, but fish on the edges are greedy. another has some rising fish, but has great nymphing. any kind of boat or guide might open up more options. lakes, spring creeks, and higher elevation streams all have options. you wont see as many people right now. you might fing salmonflies by the middle of the month, too. or you can beleive the naysayers. most of them dont live here.

Everything blown out bad.Don't believe any reports of marginal water.I checked out the Upper Madison last Monday....ended up fishing on Cliff Lake.Tailwaters and lakes the only option with warm weather continuing for the next 4-5 days.This could last awhile 'fraid to say.

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I fished the upper on Sunday. Shitloads of sad-faced vacationers, and a raging brown Madison. I high-sticked along the bank with a turd-n-worm and hooked into several nice fish. You just have to fish to the conditions, to a point.